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NewsHow Flint traded safe drinking water for cost-cutting plan that didn’t work

January 25, 2016By The Guardian

January 25, 2016By The Guardian

Flint, MI – Switching the city of Flint’s drinking water source to the Flint River was pegged as a cost-cutting decision aimed at saving $5 million over a two-year period. But almost two years and a massive lead contamination crisis later, that move and subsequent decisions not to treat the water supply already carry a financial price tag of $45 million. The Guardian reports. | READ MORE

Dusting off some notes for upcoming lectures on regional groundwater flow & was reminded of how much I liked this paper on the carbonates in Manitoba by Grasby & Betcher. We don't do enough work like this in Canada these days & there's so much left to map.
https://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/e02-021#.Xhtmb1NKh-U

Good to see an awareness campaign in full swing: Ontario Federation of Agriculture prioritizes well water testing in 2020 https://www.groundwatercanada.com/ontario-federation-of-agriculture-prioritizes-well-water-testing-in-2020/